Changing Media, Changing Societies: Media And The Millennium Development Goals

About This Book

These 12 papers are selected from those given at the 2008 Manila AMIC conference. They explore the roles and potentials of media in the ongoing progression towards the United Nations' Millennium Goals. Issues explored include: challenges and opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region for journalists and the internet; transnational education programmes; radio in India; censorship with reference to spin and Australian control of media; communication education in Bangladesh; the environmentally-conscious newspaper Bandillo of the Philippines; media of the Pacific Islands' diaspora communities; HIV-related reporting; media activities of young Filipino professionals in Singapore; empowering athletes with disabilities; and the development of journalism ethics.